I was wondering when a reporter would uncover this.

Benjamin

@Killertomato @GossiTheDog when reading about privacy violation enforcement actions by the FTC there were a lot that would have been resolved by this. Laptops full of patient data stolen from a car, etc.

Honestly it probably mitigates most crimes where an encrypted hard drive avoids the risk. Not all. And not all the non-crime related reasons people care about privacy

Ruston 🇨🇦

@GossiTheDog Another reason I do not use Microsoft. I am forced at work to use it but i try as many work around to avoid it as much as possible. Only another 450 days left of being forced to use it.

squillace

@jt_rebelo @Infoseepage @GossiTheDog that is precisely the point. you CAN possess and NOT backup your keys in a cloud. But sure, it makes it easy for msft to help you out in a pinch. But MSFT could upload an encrypted version -- they do not offer that. Unfortunately.

Utarg of Utarg 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦

@GossiTheDog Bloody Nora!

Spark Purcell (they/them)

@Infoseepage @GossiTheDog Corporations can't be trusted.They prove that over and over.

squillace

@jt_rebelo @Infoseepage @GossiTheDog altneratively, they could store it in the TEE encrypted drive now, but again, they don't offer that. MSFT can't touch that one. But you have to know; normal users obviously do not.

Dr. Christopher Kunz

@GossiTheDog uploading the BitLocker recovery keys to the MS cloud is not default behavior, is it? Even the Forbes article states that you can opt-out of it (or do you even have to opt-in?).

jaKa Močnik

@christopherkunz @GossiTheDog if you have to to opt out, that makes it default behaviour by definition.

Dr. Christopher Kunz

@jkmcnk Yup, certainly. Firing up my win machine now to see what's up with that.

Katharta

@GossiTheDog IT admins everywhere should have started exploring viable alternatives the second Candy Crush showed up in Windows Enterprise.

If the FBI can obtain someone's Bitlocker keys, that means malicious actors can, too.

There is no such things as a backdoor for only the good guys.

Ben Todd

@GossiTheDog

It's not a flaw. It's a feature. For authority and Microslop.

Tanquist

@GossiTheDog
Maybe that's why our IT department didn't bother to require bitlocker encryption on storage devices I plug into my new PC (actually, I think it was just an oversight).
Anyway it makes my job easier because I occasionally need to exchange data with really old applications on an unconnected XP laptop which can't run bitlocker.

Ronny Lam

@GossiTheDog You know those video's with "Wait for it!"? This is the one. I know this not an option for everyone but I love the combination of Linux and LUKS file-systems. Oh and if you don't hit bootselect at power-on, my machines boot into a small and clean Windows. Good luck with that.

Rishab Yadav

@GossiTheDog

Lesson: Never trust cloud-based encryption systems from any company.

Netraven

@GossiTheDog EVERY US corporation is an extension of the US government since the Patriot Act. Whatever the government says, they must comply, and they can't talk about it. According to the law.